# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Wife, Mother, Spy: An Extraordinary Life Filled with Ordinary Days
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 30 Mar, 2026 at 04:00 pm – Mon, 30 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Book talk and signing with Ann E. Butler on her book, Wife, Mother, Spy: An Extraordinary Life Filled with Ordinary DaysAbout this Event***This lecture is sponsored by the IWP IAFIE Student Chapter***About the Lecture:In her book, Wife, Mother, Spy: An Extraordinary Life Filled with Ordinary Days, Ms. Ann Butler explores the complexities of balancing a career in the Agency’s Clandestine Service while raising five children with a “non-tandem” spouse. This event will offer students unique insights into the realities of operational tradecraft, specifically the discipline required to maintain work-life balance as a wife and mother while navigating often risky high-stakes overseas field assignments as a 24/7 undercover CIA spy.About the Speaker:Ann Elizabeth Butler was born in the Upper Peninsula of Michiganand grew up in Endicott, New York with her parents and threebrothers.At Union-Endicott High School, Ann was editor of the yearbook,played clarinet in the marching and concert bands, often went toGreek Peak with the ski club, and was active in the French and KeyClubs.She majored in Economics at the University of Notre Dame,spending her sophomore year abroad in Angers, France at theUniversité Catholique de l’Ouest. After graduation, Ann received aRotary Scholarship to study in Belgium and obtained a Master’s inInternational Trade from the Université de l’Etat à Mons.In 1986, Ann began a 27-year-long career as an undercover officerin the Directorate of Operations at the Central Intelligence Agency.Early on, while working full time, Ann attended evening classes atGeorge Washington University and earned an MBA with aconcentration in International Business.Before moving to Washington, DC to start her new career, Ann metJoseph Potak, to whom she has now been married for 37 years. Theyhave five children together: Claire, Kyle, Eric, Alexis, and Katrina.Ann’s work with the CIA required her family to move every few yearsto a different city, country, or continent. Her mission was simple -recruit spies and collect intelligence, to help protect the UnitedStates.Ann Butler has spent her life striving to find the balance betweenbeing a wife, a mother, and a spy. Her story is full of both verychallenging as well as very rewarding moments. Now, she haswritten them all down.With her memoir, Wife, Mother, Spy, she wants others to read herstory and know that although it’s not easy - they too can have it all.
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Washington
- **state**: DC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Institute of World Politics, Commodore Barry Room
- **lat**: 38.910504
- **long**: -77.03606000000002
- **full address**: The Institute of World Politics, Commodore Barry Room, 1521 16th Street Northwest, Washington, United States

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- **Q**: When and where is Wife, Mother, Spy: An Extraordinary Life Filled with Ordinary Days being held?
  - **A:** Wife, Mother, Spy: An Extraordinary Life Filled with Ordinary Days takes place on Mon, 30 Mar, 2026 at 04:00 pm to Mon, 30 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm at The Institute of World Politics, Commodore Barry Room, 1521 16th Street Northwest, Washington, United States.
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